SPRING TRAINING COLORADO ROCKIES GAME NOTES twitter.com/Rockies facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/RockiesPR twitter.com/LosRockies Salt River Fields at Talking Stick • 7555 N. Pima Road • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 85258 COLORADO ROCKIES (4-3) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (2-3) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, March 3, 2017 • Goodyear Ballpark • Goodyear, Ariz. • 1:05 p.m. Game #8 • Home Record: 2-1 • Road Record: 2-2 Saturday, March 4 vs. SEA • 1:10 p.m. RHP Jeff Hoffman (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-0, 9.00) RHP Jon Gray vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo COL: RHP Yency Almonte, LHP Sam Howard, LHP Mike Dunn, RHP C.C. Lee, RHP Johení Jiminian Today, the COLORADO ROCKIES IT’S GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR: SEA: LHP James Paxton, LHP Zac Curtis, RHP Chris SPRING TRAINING Rockies travel to Goodyear to face the Cleveland Indians … Heston, RHP Rob Whalen LAST 10 SEASONS Jeff Hoffman will make his second Spring appearance for the Year Record Rockies, and he will be opposed by RHP Carlos Carrasco who Sunday, March 5 at MIL • 1:05 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 will be making his second start for Cleveland 2015 16-16-2 RHP Chad Bettis vs. LHP Tommy Milone 2014 15-14-4 COL: LHP Kyle Freeland, RHP Ryan Castellani, RHP 2013 16-15 FOR THE KIDS: The Rockies will host a group of patients Chad Qualls, RHP Jason Motte, RHP Carlos 2012 17-15-1 and their families from Children’s Hospital Colorado this Estévez 2011 20-11-1 MIL: RHP Chase Anderson, RHP Hiram Burgos, RHP 2010 17-13-3 weekend, sponsored by Jason Motte and his wife Caitlin … the 2009 17-17-1 group will arrive from Denver this evening, and will be treated Jhan Marinez, RHP Tyler Cravy 2008 14-12 to lunch at Salt River Fields on Saturday prior to the game vs. 2007 13-12 Seattle … on Saturday, the group will have a meet and greet with Rockies players and coaches at Salt River Fields before returning to Denver. INNINGS BY POSITION FLUSH: The Rockies fell to the Kansas City Royals in yesterday’s contest in Surprise … Rockies starter Tyler Anderson pitched two hitless innings in which he struck out Catcher: Murphy (18.0), Wolters (15.0), Garneau three … Antonio Senzatela took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits (including (10.0), Bemboom (5.0), Rabago (4.0), Vazquez (4.0), Nunez (3.0) a two-run home run) in two innings .. while Carlos Estévez, Zach Jemiola and Rayan González each had scoreless outings … right fielder Carlos Gonzalez went 2-for-3. First Base: Desmond (21.0), Patterson (17.0), Reynolds (9.0), McMahon (8.0), Cardullo (3.0), BALANCED SCHEDULE: The Rockies will return to Salt River Fields tomorrow to Prime (3.0) face the Seattle Mariners … Jon Gray will make the start for the Rockies, his second of Spring Training, and he will be opposed by RHP Yovani Gallardo. Second Base: LeMahieu (18.0), Castro (12.0), Ynoa (10.0), Adames (7.0), Ynoa (6.0), Amarista (4.0), Valaika (3.0), George (1.0) HE CAN HIT TOO: In three games played, catcher Tony Wolters is 5-for-8 (.625) with one triple, one home run and four RBI. Third Base: Arenado (23.0), Valaika (17.0), McMahon (7.0), Ynoa (6.0), Gibson (5.0), Adames SHOCK THE WORLD: Four players in Major League camp will depart on Sunday, (2.0), Welker (1.0) March 6 to join their teams for the World Baseball Classic: Nolan Arenado (United States), Daniel Castro (Mexico), Carlos Gonzalez (Venezuela) and Jake McGee (United Shortstop: Story (21.0), Adames (16.0), Castro (9.0), Ynoa (7.0), Amarista (5.0), Rodgers (3.0) States) … Double-A Hartford Manager Jerry Weinstein will manage Team Israel in the tournament … Minor Leaguers INF Scotty Burcham and RHP Troy Neiman are on Team Left Field: Tauchman (16.0), Herrera (12.0), Parra Israel’s roster and Minor Leaguer Rob Perkins is on Team Australia’s roster. (11.0), Denorfia (9.0), Dahl (6.0), Cardullo (4.0), Anderson (1.0), Cuevas (1.0), Patterson (1.0) SKIP TO A NEW BEAT: The Rockies named Bud Black the seventh manager in club history on Nov. 7, 2016 … Black comes to the Rockies after spending the 2016 season Center Field: Tapia (21.0), Blackmon (17.0), Cuevas (8.0), Dahl (5.0), Amarista (4.0), Rogers as a special assistant to the general manager with the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim (3.0), Tauchman (3.0) … prior to that, he was the manager of the San Diego Padres from 2006-2015 and the pitching coach for the Angels from 2000-2005. Right Field: Gonzalez (18.0), Denorfia (9.0), Tapia (7.0), Cuevas (6.0), Cardullo (5.0), Tauchman SHORT HELMETS: Five new coaches join Pitching Coach Steve Foster and Bullpen (5.0), Brown (4.0), Patterson (4.0), Amarista (1.0), Coach Darren Holmes, who are each entering their third year on the club, and Third Parra (1.0), Hilliard (1.0) Base Coach Stu Cole, who is entering his fifth season … Mike Redmond, the former manager of the Miami Marlins (2013-15), will serve as the Rockies bench coach … Duane Espy will serve as the Rockies new hitting coach, 10 years after his last stint as the club’s STARTS BY POSITION Includes all Cactus League games hitting coach (2003-06) … former Rockies and D-backs player Jeff Salazar will serve as the club’s assistant hitting coach … Tony Diaz joins the Rockies staff as the club’s first C: Wolters (3), Murphy (3), Garneau (1) base coach after 17 seasons as a Minor League coach or supervisor in the Rockies system … Ron Gideon enters his 21st season in the Rockies system, his first on the Rockies 1B: Desmond (4), Reynolds (2), Patterson, (1) Major League staff as the club’s eighth coach. 2B: LeMahieu (4), Adames (1), Amarista (1), Ynoa (1) NEW PURPLE: The Rockies signed four free agents to Major League contracts in 3B: Arenado (5), Valaika (2) the offseason … first baseman Ian Desmond agreed to a five-year contract, Dec. 13 … SS: Story (4), Castro (1), Adames (1), Amarista (1) left-handed pitcher Mike Dunn signed a three-year contract, Dec. 15 … infielder Alexi Amarista was signed to a one-year deal on Jan. 17 … right-handed pitcher Greg Holland Left Field: Parra (3), Denorfia (2), Tauchman (2) was inked a one-year deal on Jan. 28. Center Field: Blackmon (4), Amarista (1), Cuevas (1), Dahl (1) 31 DAYS AWAY: The Rockies will open the regular season April 3 in the first game of a four-game series at Milwaukee with first pitch set for 11:10 a.m. MT ... the Rockies Right Field: Gonzalez (4), Denorfia (2), Tapia (1) will then travel back to Denver to open their 2017 home slate with the first game of a DH: Reynolds (2), Gonzalez (1), Murphy (1), Parra (1), three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers April 7 at 1:10 p.m. MT ... tickets Patterson (1), Tapia (1) to Opening Day are available by purchasing a mini-plan or season ticket package ... the Rockies ticket office may be reached by calling (303) 762-5437, or by visiting www. MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE rockies.com/tickets. Record: 4-3 Day: 4-3 HOME ROAD Home: 2-1 Night: 0-0 Total: 16,646 Total: 20,726 Away: 2-2 vs. NL: 4-1 Avg: 5,549 Avg: 5,182 Neutral: 0-0 vs. AL: 0-2 Large: 8,062 Large: 9,795 TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Jeff Hoffman, RHP - #34: Acquired via trade from Toronto, along W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO with SS Jose Reyes and RHPs Miguel Castro and Jesus Tinoco, in 2017 Cactus League 0-0 22.50 2.0 5 5 5 1 3 2016 COLORADO 4-5 5.83 58.2 69 46 38 28 32 exchange for RHP LaTroy Hawkins and SS Troy Tulowitzki, July 28, 2015 Albuquerque 4-2 5.44 44.2 57 33 27 18 29 … originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft … made his Major League debut Aug. Adam Ottavino, RHP - #0: Was claimed off waivers by the Rockies 20, 2016 vs. Chicago-NL … made six starts and two relief appearances from the St. Louis Cardinals, April 3, 2012 … returned from Tommy for Colorado the rest of the season … his 124 strikeouts and 9.4 John surgery in 2016 after missing a majority of the 2015 season … went strikeouts per nine innings with Triple-A Albuquerque both ranked 1-3 with a career-high seven saves in 34 relief appearances … his 2.67 second in the Pacific Coast League at the time he joined the Rockies. ERA (27.0 IP, 8 ER) was the lowest on the club … set a Rockies franchise W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO record for consecutive scoreless appearances with 37 from Sept. 7, 2015 2017 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 1.2 3 1 0 1 2 2016 Albuquerque 6-9 4.02 118.2 117 60 53 44 124 to Aug. 24, 2016 … allowed a run in five of 34 appearances overall … COLORADO 0-4 4.88 31.1 37 29 17 17 22 originally selected by the Cardinals in the first round (30th overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. German Márquez, RHP - #67: Acquired via trade from Tampa Bay, W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO along with LHP Jake McGee, in exchange for OF Corey Dickerson and 2017 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 2016 Modesto 0-0 6.75 2.2 6 2 2 2 6 INF Kevin Padlo, Jan.